Genre: YA Urban Fantasy Word Count: 64,000 Pitch: A bridge connects doppelgangers Cross and Brielle. If they don’t find the madman who put them on a hit list for swapping worlds before his assassins find them, that connection might be what kills them. Excerpt: Cross slinked through the alley as nimble as a cat, tracking her prey, waiting for the right time to strike. Liquid-gold light lit her way as she slid her small frame Read more…
Genre: NA Contemporary with romantic angle Word Count: 87,000 Pitch: Is it love or charity? Twenty-year-old amnesic Olivia is horrified to learn that the boy who’s claimed to be her longtime boyfriend might only be acting—to help Olivia put her life back on track. Excerpt: Three vodka swigs ago I slipped from adoringly tipsy and landed into total, unadulterated drunkenness. I have a run in my hose, a broken heel, boob sweat, and I can Read more…
Genre: YA Contemporary Word Count: 71,000 Pitch: A naked picture gone viral and the knowledge he did it on purpose, all before first period on Monday. By Friday, sixteen-year-old Sabrina Cortland will make him wish he’d never been born. Excerpt: Despite the numbness in her fingers, Sabrina didn’t feel the cold. Her eyes were glued to the gridiron-god standing in the middle of the green turf field, relishing the team’s hard-fought victory over Lambertville. Her Read more…
Genre: YA Suspense Word Count: 67,000 Pitch: When an online game turns out to be a terrorist simulation, Jamison Walker must solve historical riddles to beat the terrorists to the lost Script of Catherine the Great or see his town destroyed. Excerpt: Jamison Walker leaned forward and adjusted the frame of his glasses, careful not to let himself be distracted even for a second. He knew that he wouldn’t recognize her by the color of Read more…
Genre: Adult fiction Suspense Thriller Word Count: 60,000 Pitch: A cat burglar prowls into the wrong house– a serial killer’s lair. She thinks she’s escaped unnoticed, but a hidden camera proves otherwise. With no one to trust, nowhere to run, her survival turns deadly. Excerpt: I eyed the perfect house, a two-story contemporary in an upscale neighborhood. Cased it night after night to learn the occupant’s schedule. Shattered the streetlight out front with a rock Read more…
Genre: Middle Grade Word Count: 35,000 Pitch: In a nautical New England town, Lolly Salt has until her twelfth birthday to uncover a family secret, battle a bitter sea witch, and reverse the spell that turned her and her sisters into sirens. Excerpt: Some Things about Sixth Grade that Make it Difficult to be a Siren: 1) School starts at 7:30AM, and you have to show up on time and stay awake for algebra, even Read more…
Genre: Romantic Comedy Word Count: 75,ooo Pitch: Cue one hunky pilot. Add a klutzy heroine. Stir with flying lessons. Caution: someone will definitely fall. Excerpt: All things considered, Emily Parker would rather be at the cemetery. Instead she pointed her truck in the direction of the Silver Saddle because when her sister Molly got an idea in her head she was like a Pitbull with a bone. Today that bone was dancing, and she’d cornered Read more…
Genre: NA Psychological Horror Word Count: 61,000 Pitch: Scarred and out of control, 18yo Brooklyn seeks revenge with her tattoo needles. When Daniel comes along and shows her that love is a more fulfilling obsession, Brooklyn fights to save her sanity and herself. Excerpt: I’m a monster—a dangerous one. Not the kind that will break into your house to steal prized possessions or shoot you dead on the street, but dangerous nonetheless. I try to Read more…
Genre: NA Contemporary Word Count: 64,000 Pitch: A summer road trip to Canada goes wonderfully awry when Roy meets Summer in Moose Jaw, but Summer has a crazy family and a big, hockey playing ex. She’s totally worth it though. Excerpt: Roy looked down at his phone and scrolled down through the new text messages. Allie had texted him six times in the last minute. As he read, the truck’s right tires dropped onto the Read more…
Genre: YA Contemporary Sci-Fi Word Count: 68,000 Pitch: When Baylie learns the monsters haunting her aren’t the schizophrenic hallucinations she thought they were, she must choose between others who can see the monsters and her best friend they insist is one. Excerpt: I can’t look away. I try. I can’t. Maybe I’d have better luck if Mrs. Lowry moved in some semblance of normal human motion, but she takes her swag straight from a stop Read more…